Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Skopelos in Greece

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Skopelos in Greece. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 23.739° East, 39.228° North, depth 12.4 km. Global time and date of event 11/06/16 / 2016-06-11 08:29:46 / June 11, 2016 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:29:46 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200063sl. Event ids that are associated: us200063sl. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.4 km (8 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Vólos (c. 84 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Chalkída (c. 54 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Néa Ionía (c. 32 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Néa Artáki (c. 9 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Almyrós (c. 8 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Vasilikón (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vasilikón, Chalkída, Almyrós.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km N of Skopelos, Greece. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	23.739° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.228° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km N of Skopelos, Greece	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-06-11 08:29:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-08 09:49:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	272	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us200063sl	Id of event.
Event Code	200063sl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200063sl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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